Extract text from SMR files
To convert your SMR file to another format, you need Smart Receipts or other Backup software.
To convert other file formats to the "Application Archive" file type, you need software like Smart Receipts or a similar tool.
The .SMR extension typically refers to a backup archive created by the Smart Receipts mobile application, used to track expenses and mileage. While convenient for app restoration, these files are essentially ZIP archives containing metadata and receipt images (JPG, PDF). Users often struggle to open them on desktop systems because the OS does not recognize the extension, leading to frustration when trying to access expense reports for accounting or tax purposes. To view the contents without the app, you can often simply rename the file extension from .SMR to ZIP and extract the images and generated reports directly.
Alternatively, an .SMR file may be a data recording generated by CED Spike2, a software suite for acquiring and analyzing physiological and experimental data. These proprietary binary files store waveform and event data that is inaccessible to standard spreadsheet software. For analysis in third-party tools like Microsoft Excel or MATLAB, these files must be exported via the original software to generic formats like CSV, TXT, or MAT. A less common variation includes encrypted macro scripts for automation tools like Smart Macro Recorder, which are generally strictly proprietary and difficult to convert.
Convert.Guru analyzes your SMR file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
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If you want to convert SMR file to CMR, INDD, QXP, PUB, PMD, PM6, PM7, PM8, PM9, PM10, PM11 or OMP, you can use Smart Receipts or similar software from the "Receipt Backup Archive" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert MDI, PUB, PDP, PM4, P65, COMIC, WEBTEMPLATE, PMD, SPUB, INDD, PM5 or QXP files to SMR, try Smart Receipts or another comparable tool in the "Receipt Backup Archive" category.
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our SMR converter.